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Biographical sketch: Gislin Dagnelie, Ph.D. Gislin Dagnelie is a native of the Netherlands, where he grew up in Rotterdam. From his father, a lung specialist, he inherited his interest in medicine, while the talents in engineering shared by many members of his mother's family made him decide to approach medical research through the physical sciences. He received a master's degree in experimental physics at the University of Groningen, and a Ph.D. in medical physics at the University of Amsterdam. Since 1986, Dr Dagnelie has been a member of the research team at the Wilmer Vision Research and Rehabilitation Center, a division of the Johns Hopkins University's Wilmer Eye Institute directed by Dr Robert W. Massof. Dr Dagnelie is currently an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology. The goal of the Lions Vision Center is to improve our knowledge of visual function in the healthy and diseased human eye, and to combine the results of this research with modern technology, in order to help patients gain the best possible use of their remaining vision. Dr Dagnelie's responsibilities within the Center are twofold: on the research and development side, he is trying to improve the rehabilitation of low vision patients, by exploring new ways to train the use of their remaining vision, by studying the demand for low vision services, by developing policies for better coverage by health insurance, and by studying models of successful low vision care delivery in other countries. On the management side, he is the director of clinical low vision services. Dr Dagnelie is also involved in two research projects aiming at restoration of retinal function in some diseases, under the direction of Dr Eugene de Juan. The first of these seeks to develop a small implantable device to be placed over the retina, inside the eye; this device would electrically stimulate the retina in patients who have lost the function of their rods and cones, but who still have an intact layer in the retina from where information is sent to the brain. The second project seeks to preserve and restore the function of rods and cones through cell transplantation, again in patients whose retina can still send signals to the brain. Outside his academic career, Dr Dagnelie is an amateur vocalist and violinist, and is actively engaged in an organization promoting international understanding through youth exchange.
Gislin Dagnelie, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology/ Director of Low Vision Services Lions Vision Research & Rehab Center Johns Hopkins Univ. Sch. of Medicine 550 N. Broadway, 6th floor Baltimore, MD 21205-2020 USA It's a small world after E-mail!Back to Bat Cave page-click here